FAA Reauthorization Bill
#22
worked on the Hill for years... And it is 100% the case. Must pass legislation gets all sorts of riders - legit stuff and pork alike.
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President Trump Just Signed a Law That Radically Changes Life for Airline Passengers, Flight Attendants, and Airlines (Almost Nobody Even Noticed)
In the middle of the Supreme Court fight, the White House held a Friday afternoon signing ceremony for this giant, 1,200-page new law.
In the middle of the Supreme Court fight, the White House held a Friday afternoon signing ceremony for this giant, 1,200-page new law.
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Yea. Congress is too hyper partisan and chickens&%t to pass a relief bill on its own merits so they have to attach it as a rider to something else that is too big to get vetoed. If the relief bill had to go through on its own, all the corruption and graft and political pandering would get noticed and argued over while the actual "relief" parts got delayed forever. Pathetic.
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It's pretty simple. They'll add a line specifying $50 million to rebuild a road through a specific area where the only contractor just happens to be the guy who donated a million bucks to the congresscritter's re-election campaign, or who has a non-profit foundation that hires his spouse as a "consultant", or... That's how they get rich sitting in congress and will do anything to get re-elected, and will do anything to keep bills like this from being openly debated and passed on their own.
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Oh I wasn’t referring to the part regarding flight attendants. I’m talking about the other parts relating to what appear to be responses to recent incidents that have occurred on flights that while problematic probably would have been rectified directly by the airlines when passengers opt to give their business to other companies with better policies and practices. (By the way, what does “gmafb” mean?)
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